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You cant solve a crime problem if you don't attack the motive.But for statistical purposes, why does motive matter? In many cases, the motive can not be determined anyway (shooter offs himself, friends and family are baffled, or perpetrator(s) never apprehended, as in Chicago every weekend).
The motive of the "mass shooters" has been well established by now, these are people who are blaming society at large for their insecurities, and taking out their rage on society.
The number killed makes no difference. If someone intends to mass shoot, but only gets 1 person injured because a bystander shoots them first... is that no longer a "mass shooting"? An arbitrary number doesn't make sense.
If we want to end mass shootings we need to address the causes of depression or mental instability associated with violent tendencies.
If you want to ban guns, inflate the incidences guns are used in horrific crimes of violence.